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All,
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Have any of you developed a database of ground motion generated by
thunderstorms? Much of my work involves structural and ground vibrations
created by heavy machinery or blasting. Whenever I have a long-term
monitoring setup I usually build-in a feature to shut the system down =
during
thunderstorms (I've had two systems fried by lightning). Accordingly, I =
have
very little data on the vibrations caused by lightning/thunder.=20
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I'm looking for a representative sampling of ground and structural =
response,
due to thunder, that can be compared to other sources =96 particularly
blasting. In a quickie literature search, I find brief mention of =
thunder,
but never a reference to hard data.
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Regards,
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-Tim-
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Timothy Carpenter, P.E., Pres.,
GeoDynamics Consultants, Inc.
5043 Whitlow Ct.
Commerce Twp., Mi 48382
248-363-4529 (voice & fax)
248-766-1629 (cell)
geodynamics@........... (primary)
geodynamics@....... (secondary)
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All,

Have any of you developed a =
database of ground
motion generated by thunderstorms? Much of my work involves structural =
and
ground vibrations created by heavy machinery or blasting. Whenever I =
have a
long-term monitoring setup I usually build-in a feature to shut the =
system down
during thunderstorms (I've had two systems fried by lightning). =
Accordingly, I
have very little data on the vibrations caused by lightning/thunder. =

I'm looking for a representative =
sampling
of ground and structural response, due to thunder, that can be compared =
to
other sources – particularly blasting. In a quickie literature =
search, I find
brief mention of thunder, but never a reference to hard =
data.